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Question | Answer |
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FASTEST MOVING FRONT | COLD FRONT |
FRONT WITH GREATEST RISK OF FLOODING | STATIONARY FRONT |
WARM AIR MASS IS LIFTED OFF GROUND BY TWO COLD AIR MASSES | OCCLUDED FRONT |
WEATHER WITH __ FRONT = CUMULUS & CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS, THUNDERSTORMS | COLD FRONT |
WEATHER AFTER __ FRONT = WARMER, CLEAR WEATHER | WARM FRONT |
WEATHER WITH __ FRONT = HEAVY SNOWFALL, COLDER TEMPERATURES | OCCLUDED FRONT |
NEITHER AIR MASS HAS ENOUGH ENERGY TO PUSH THE OTHER AIR MASS | STATIONARY FRONT |
WEATHER WITH __ FRONT = STRATUS CLOUDS, GREY, RAINY DAYS | WARM FRONT |
WEATHER AFTER __ FRONT = COOLER, CLEAR WEATHER | COLD FRONT |
WARM AIR MASS CLIMBS OVER COLD AIR MASS | WARM FRONT |
CAUSES ABRUPT CHANGES IN THE WEATHER | COLD FRONT |
WEATHER WITH __ FRONT = SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN | STATIONARY FRONT |
MORNING IS WARM & PARTLY CLOUDY, AFTERNOON IS WINDY & RAINY, EVENING IS CLEAR, VERY COLD & WINDY -- WHAT FRONT WENT THROUGH? | COLD FRONT |
WHICH GLOBAL WINDS HAVE GREATEST EFFECT ON U.S. WEATHER? | PREVAILING WESTERLIES |
WHICH WEATHER SYSTEM IS MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT GEORGIA IN THE NEXT 36 HOURS: THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSISSIPPI, HIGH TEMPS & CLEAR SKIES IN FLORIDA, SNOW IN OHIO OR DRIZZLY RAIN AND FOG IN WASHINGTON? | THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSISSIPPI (DUE TO PREVAILING WESTERLIES THAT MOVE WEATHER SYSTEMS FROM WEST TO EAST) |
WHICH COMES FIRST - LIGHTNING OR THUNDER? | LIGHTNING (LIGHTNING CAUSES THUNDER) |
WHICH CLOUDS PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS & TORNADOES? | CUMULONIMBUS |
WHICH STORM GETS ITS ENERGY FROM TROPICAL (WARM) OCEAN WATER? | HURRICANES |
WHICH STORM PRODUCES THE EARTH'S FASTEST WINDS? | TORNADOES |
WHICH STORM HAS A CALM CENTER? | HURRICANE (THE EYE) |
__ ARE CHARACTERIZED BY LOW AIR PRESSURE | ALL 3 STORMS! (THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES AND HURRICANES) |
WHAT CAUSES A STORM'S CHARACTERISTIC LOW AIR PRESSURE? | RISING, WARM HUMID AIR |
WHICH STORM HAS A FUNNEL CLOUD? | TORNADO |
WHICH STORM HAS A "STORM SURGE" - A WALL OF WATER THAT CAUSES FLOODING IN COASTAL AREAS? | HURRICANE |
MOST OCCUR IN SPRING & EARLY SUMMER | TORNADOES |
THE GREATER THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO AIR MASSES, THE __ THE WIND SPEEDS | FASTER |
MOST TORNADOES OCCUR IN TORNADO ALLEY BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE __ AIR MASSES FROM CANADA MEET __ AIR MASSES FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. | CONTINENTAL POLAR (cP); MARITIME TROPICAL (mT) |
TROPICAL STORMS DEVELOP OVER WARM OCEAN WATER & BECOME HURRICANES WHEN THEIR WIND SPEEDS REACH ___. | 75 mph (120 km/hr) |
LONGEST-LASTING STORM | HURRICANE |
HURRICANES GAIN STRENGTH OVER __ & LOSE STRENGTH OVER __ OR __. | WARM OCEAN WATER; COLD OCEAN WATER OR LAND |
WHICH STORM IS MORE PREDICTABLE -- HURRICANES OR TORNADOES? | HURRICANES |